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seventeenth

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sev·en·teenth  (svn-tnth)
n.
1. The ordinal number matching the number 17 in a series.
2. One of 17 equal parts.

seven·teenth adv. & adj.

seventeenth [ˈsɛvənˈtiːnθ]
adj
(Mathematics) (usually prenominal)
a.  coming after the sixteenth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc.; being the ordinal number of seventeen: often written 17th
b.  (as noun) the ship docks on the seventeenth
n
1. (Mathematics)
a.  one of 17 approximately equal parts of something
b.  (as modifier) a seventeenth part
2. (Mathematics) the fraction equal to one divided by 17 (1/17)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.seventeenthseventeenth - position 17 in a countable series of things
rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
Adj.1.seventeenthseventeenth - coming next after the sixteenth in position
ordinal - being or denoting a numerical order in a series; "ordinal numbers"; "held an ordinal rank of seventh"
Translations
seventeenth [ˈsevnˈtiːnθ]
A. ADJdecimoséptimo
the seventeenth centuryel siglo diecisiete
B. N (in series) → decimoséptimo/a m/f; (= fraction) → decimoséptima parte f
see fifth for usage

seventeenth [ˌsɛvənˈtiːnθ]
adjdix-septième
her seventeenth birthday → son dix-septième anniversaire
the seventeenth century → le dix-septième siècle
the seventeenth floor → le dix-septième étage
n
(gen)dix-septième mf
(= day of month) the seventeenth → le dix-sept
the seventeenth of August → le dix-sept août
(= fraction) → dix-septième m

seventeenth
adjsiebzehnte(r, s); a seventeenth partein Siebzehntel nt
n (= fraction)Siebzehntel nt; (of series)Siebzehnte(r, s)

seventeenth [ˌsɛvnˈtiːnθ]
1. adjdiciassettesimo/a
2. n (in series) → diciassettesimo/a; (fraction) → diciassettesimo
for usage see fifth

seventeenth [ˌsɛvnˈtiːnθ]
1. adjdiciassettesimo/a
2. n (in series) → diciassettesimo/a; (fraction) → diciassettesimo
for usage see fifth

seventeenth سابع عشر sedmnáctý syttende siebzehnter δέκατος έβδομος decimoséptimo seitsemästoista dix-septième sedamnaesti diciassettesimo 十七番目の 열일곱 번째의 zeventiende syttende siedemnasty décimo sétimo семнадцатый sjuttonde ที่สิบเจ็ด onyedinci thứ mười bảy 第十七个


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Perhaps I may venture to add that personally I find it advisable to pass hastily over the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and so gain as much time as possible for the nineteenth.
The Communists turn their attention chiefly to Germany, because that country is on the eve of a bourgeois revolution that is bound to be carried out under more advanced conditions of European civilisation, and with a much more developed proletariat, than that of England was in the seventeenth, and of France in the eighteenth century, and because the bourgeois revolution in Germany will be but the prelude to an immediately following proletarian revolution.
Thus in twilight ends the life of the greatest lyric poet of the seventeenth century.
 
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